I'M BUILDING MY HOUSE
Lenny Smith and Steve Israel
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I'm Building My House
Copyright (c) 1997 New Jerusalem Music
http://songsofpraise.org/song.php?songid=64
CCLI Number: 2445847
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(INTRODUCTION)
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(VERSE 1)
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I'm
building my house
down by the river
side
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There the
cool waters flow
both day and
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When I'm
thirsty I walk
down by the river
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Then I
take a drink
to my heart's de
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(CHORUS 1)
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I'm not
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I'm not
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Now I
drink from the
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I'm not
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I'm not
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Now I
drink to my
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(VERSE 2)
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There's
plenty of room
down by the river
side
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There the
cool waters flow
both day and
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You can
build next to me
down by the river
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Then I
take a drink
to my heart's de
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(CHORUS 2)
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We're not
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Now we
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We're not
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Now we
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(Bridge)
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If you are
weary and you
don't know where to
go
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To quench the
thirsting in your
soul
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Come to the
river, let its
healing waters
flow
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Into your
heart and make you
whole
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(MODIFIED VERSE 2)
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There's
plenty of room
down by the river
side
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There the
cool waters flow
both day and
night
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You can
build next to me
down by the river
side
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D7
Then we'll
take a drink
to our heart's de
light
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(REPEAT CHORUS 2)
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We're not
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We're not
thirsty any
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Now I
drink from the
waters of
life
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We're not
thirsty any
more
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We're not
thirsty any
more
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Now we
drink to our
hearts' de
light
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Now we
drink to our
hearts' de
light